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["The General Strike"], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/567/1-19

Scope and Contents

Draft proof of an article by WSC on the General Strike including: the railway strikes of 1911 and 1919; liaison with the Trade Unions; his decisions and concerns as Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Royal Commission; Ernest Bevin, Ramsay Macdonald and the Trade Union Congress; the press; Government organisation for the transport and distribution of food; the British Gazette and the end of the strike. Typescript proofs annotated with amendments and corrections in black ink by WSC.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: WSC

Extent

19 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

File contains later drafts of the article which are annotated "Not published ever by N[ews] of the W[orld].

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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